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Author: |
John Chircop |
Publication title: |
Old Age Coping Strategies of the Ionian and Maltese Poor, 1800–1865 |
Publication type: |
Article |
Volume: |
5 |
Issue: |
1 |
| Article no.: |
5 |
doi: |
10.3384/hygiea.1403-8668.065151 |
Language: |
English |
Abstract: |
This paper investigates the coping strategies employed by Ionian and Maltese elderly poor for obtaining provisions, medical treatment and social assistance on a daily basis, during unforeseen illness, disability or economic mishaps while at the same time assuring themselves that their basic needs during advanced old age would be met. The elderly poor employed a combination of resources acquired from a variety of social networks, household, neighbourhood and village/town community, complemented by the formal relief and hospitalisation provided by public charitable institutions. A pivotal element moulding these flexible survival strategies was the ability of the aging poor to negotiate their actual needs with the different relief agencies, according to their different health status, gender, urban or rural location and household composition. |
| Keywords: |
Old Age, Coping strategies, Poor relief, Health care, Social assistance, Social negotiation, Ionian Islands,
Malta, Colonial Sanitation |
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Publisher: |
Linköping University Electronic Press, Linköpings universitet |
| Year: |
2006 |
Available: |
2006-11-17 |
No. of pages: |
23 |
| Pages: |
51–73 |
| Journal: |
Hygiea Internationalis : An Interdisciplinary Journal for the History of Public Health |
| ISSN (print): |
1403-8668 |
| ISSN (online): |
1404-4013 |
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http://www.ep.liu.se/ej/hygiea/v5/i1/a5/hygiea06v5i1a5.pdf |
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